Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Map viii
5. Foreword ix
6. Preface xii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Colonialism, 1759–2001 21
9. 2 How the Uyghurs became a ‘terrorist threat’ 62
10. 3 Myths and realities of the alleged ‘terrorist threat’associated with Uyghurs 96
11. 4 Colonialism meets counterterrorism, 2002–2012 140
12. 5 The self-fulfilling prophecy and the ‘People’s War on Terror,’ 2013–2016 160
13. 6 Cultural genocide, 2017–2020 198
14. Conclusion 236
15. A note on methodology 252
16. Transliteration and place names 257
17. List of figures 259
18. List of abbreviations 260
19. Acknowledgments 262
20. Notes 266
21. Index 301